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The following is a breakdown of
the mid-sized facilities in the
U.S., Canada and Mexico:
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Geographic Spread
In all, 35 U.S. states and Puerto Rico
have mid-sized facilities. States with
the most convention centers in this
category are: California-10, Texas-6,
Florida-5, N.Carolina-5 and Washington-3. Nine states have two mid-sized
convention centers.
Of the 10 mid-sized centers in
California, seven are in Northern
California; three are in the Los Angeles
area. Of the six mid-sized facilities in
Texas, four are in the Dallas area, with
the other two in Austin and San Antonio.
Florida's fve mid-sized centers include
two in Tampa, two in Orlando and one
in Fort Lauderdale. North Carolina's
fve such centers include two in Charlotte
along with one each in Greensboro,
Raleigh and Concord.
Charlotte this year will showcase the
strength of conferences in the medical
sector as it hosts four separate nursing
association conventions and trade shows
at the convention center, which has
280,000 square feet of prime exhibit space.
Mid-sized centers in Canada are
represented by two in Vancouver, British
Columbia; one each in Montreal and
Quebec City in the province of Quebec;
and one in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Mexico's mid-sized facilities include
two in Mexico City, two in Acapulco
and one in Monterrey.
Tis summer, a new mid-sized
convention center will be added to this
list. Tat's when Cleveland's Medical
Mart & Convention Center is scheduled
to be complete. Its 230,000 square feet
of prime exhibit space and 90,000 square
feet of meeting space will place it at
No. 20 in the current list's rankings.
Reach W. Courtney Dyer at (757) 385-2161
or cdyer@VisitVirginiaBeach.com; Ric Booth at
(513) 419-7301 or rbooth@duke-energycenter.
com; Ellen Schwartz at (562) 499-7574 or
ESchwartz@longbeachcc.com; Charles
6.3%
Mexico
6.3%
Canada
87.3%
United States
Mayer at (817) 392-2735 or Charles.Mayer@
fortworthtexas.gov; Tony Camarillo at
(312) 595-5057 or tcamarillo@navypier.com;
Eric Blanc at (813) 274-7773 or Eric.Blanc@
ci.tampa.fl.us; Michael McQuade at (206)
694-5105 or Michael.McQuade@wscc.com
Tier III Exhibition Facilities: United States
Exhibition Facility
Prime Exhibit Space (sf)
*Tied in amount of space
Location
Web Site
1.
Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center
333,000
Portland, OR
www.expocenter.org
2.
American Royal Center/Kemper Arena
325,000
Kansas City, MO
www.kemperarenakc.com
3.
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
313,000
Pittsburgh, PA
www.pittsburghcc.com
4.
Baltimore Convention Center
300,000
Baltimore, MD
www.bccenter.org
5.
Moscone West
296,092
San Francisco, CA
www.moscone.com
6.* Charlotte Convention Center
280,000
Charlotte, NC
www.charlotteconventionctr.com
7.* TD Convention Center
(formerly Carolina First Center)
280,000
Greenville, SC
www.tdconventioncenter.com
8.
Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
270,000
Long Beach, CA
www.longbeachcc.com
9.
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
264,000
Nashville, TN
www.gaylordhotels.com
10. Oregon Convention Center
255,000
Portland, OR
www.oregoncc.org
11. Fort Worth Convention Center
253,226
Fort Worth, TX
www.fortworthconventioncenter.com
12. Cow Palace
248,000
San Francisco, CA
www.cowpalace.com
13. Austin Convention Center
See our ad on page 57
246,097
Austin, TX
www.austinconventioncenter.com
14. San Jose Convention Center
245,000
San Jose, CA
www.sanjose.org
15. South Towne Exposition Center
243,000
Sandy, UT
www.southtowneexpo.com
16. Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks
240,000
Oaks, PA
www.phillyexpocenter.com
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